Adaptive Peaks Seminar Series Fall 2015
All seminars held at 4:00pm in Illick 5
Date
Thurs Sept 24th Speaker
Dr. Peter Klimley
Thurs Oct 22nd
Dr. Ken Klemow
Thurs Nov 5th
Dr. Henry Daniel
Thurs Dec 10th
Melissa Prusinski
Speaker description
Dr. Klimley is an Adjunct Professor and Director of the Biotelemetry Laboratory at the UC Davis Department of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology. He conducts research on the role of sensory physiology to elucidate the links between an animal's behavior and its social and physical environment. His work on sharks has attracted national media attention. Dr. Klimley’s seminar will focus on designing marine reserves for sharks in the Eastern Pacific.
Dr. Ken Klemow is Professor of Biology and Environmental Science and
Associate Director for the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. He was recently appointed by to serve on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Pipeline Infrastructure Taskforce. A recipient of the ESA Eugene Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education, his research and teaching covers topics including understanding the environmental impacts of energy development, plant ecology, wetland science, and biology education. Dr. Henry Daniell is an internationally renowned molecular biologist, Professor and Director of Translational Research at the University of Pennsylvania with >100 published patents and >200 scientific publications. He pioneered chloroplast genetic engineering as a new platform to produce and orally deliver low cost vaccines and biopharmaceuticals bioencapsulated in plant cells. His invention was ranked by Nature Biotechnology among the top ten inventions of the past decade and among Biomed Central’s Hot 100 authors in the world. Melissa Prusinski is a Research Scientist and Laboratory Supervisor with the New York State Department of Health and conducts research on vector ecology and the epidemiology of tick-­‐borne diseases. Her presentation will discuss the ecological drivers, dynamics, and control of emerging tick-­‐borne diseases, and provide background on the biology and epidemiology of ticks and tick-­‐borne diseases in New York State.